It's calm under the waves in the blue of my oblivion.

Be kind to me, or treat me mean I'll make the most of it, I'm an extraordinary machine

Categories are gibberish to me. I understand - it helps people organize their thoughts. But you can't go too far with it.

We are like a wishing well And a bolt of electricity

"The way I feel about music -- any song, any style -- is that there is no right and wrong, only true and false. If the music and lyrics are conceived out of honesty and if the production of the song goes along with its original message, then what has been expressed is art, regardless of what anyone's opinion is of it. So things are a lots impler if you just tell the truth.

I know what my job is: I write the songs, I sing them, I play them on the piano

I really, really enjoy fitting words together - but I only enjoy it when it's easy, when it sort of rolls along by itself. I never erase anything [and] I hardly ever write anything down... The song will be finished before I write it down... I won't write a song unless it serves me in some way, unless I feel I have to write the song to make myself feel better. If you're not overflowing with something, there's nothing to give.